SailorStar9: With Chapter 196 uploaded, I present Chapter 197 this fic. For everyone who put this fic on your favorited and followed lists and/or story alerts, thank you, but remember everyone, a lot of authors (myself included) sustain on readers' reviews.
Pairings: Ace/Sasha, sibling Luffy/Sasha and Sabo/Sasha, Background Protector!Law/Sasha
Disclaimers: One Piece belongs to Oda EiichirÅ-sensei. Me, on the other hand, own absolutely nothing, except my OC, the pairing and the fic idea.
Chapter 197: Arc 13: The Fire-Breathing Dragon Awakes!
"I don't know what time limit Trafalgar Law was talking about, but we ain't letting you escape under our noses, Straw Hat Pirates." the G-5 soldiers pointed their rifles at the Straw Hat crew. "You got nowhere to run."
"I strongly advise you to stop that." Sasha sighed, the G-5 soldiers were now finding themselves surrounded by her 'Thousand Flying Water Needles of Death' tech.
"We should be able to make it to the children easily, like this." Nami noted, Sasha's very obvious threat had forced the Navy soldiers to let them through.
"Brownbeard, sorry for making you carry us." Sanji apologized.
"I don't mind that." Brownbeard assured. "But why'd you bring that dragon?"
"Him?" Sanji turned. "We thought if we caught him, he'd fly us away from the poison gas, but he couldn't fly at all."
"The reason he couldn't fly is probably because he's been sedated." Brownbeard reasoned. "But it might be a bad idea to bring him into the lab."
"He's dangerous?" Nami echoed. "But he has such a cute face."
"Captain-chan?" one of the G-5 soldiers blinked when Tashigi cut through the water needles around them.
"So, the little copycat made it to captain?" Zoro mused. "But you're not really looking for a fight."
"No." Tashigi agreed. "Please, go ahead. G-5, this isn't the time to fight!" she shouted to the soldiers who were preparing to chase the Straw Hats. "Please hurry to the corridor in the back. The only gate out of this tower is currently closing. Caesar wants to lock us in here. If we don't make it past the gate, then we won't be able to get off Punk Hazard. Hurry to the back!"
"What an awful thing to do." Robin rejoined the group.
"Robin, where were you?" Usopp asked.
"Luffy just asked me to do something for me." Robin smiled.
"Anyway, did you hear what the Marines were saying?" Nami looked at Brownbeard. "Try to sprint a little faster."
"That's impossible." Brownbeard admitted. "This is as fast as I can go."
"Vernier." Sasha cast one of her few non-elemental spells, enabling Brownbeard and the three swordsmen to pick up their speed.
Just then, upon Caesar's orders, the laboratory's research cannon was fired onto one of the walls of Tower A, enabling the poison gas outside to flow in.
Aided by the area speed spell, even the surrounding G-5 soldiers made it safety to the next Tower before the shutter shut.
"I didn't expect him to let the gas in, and sacrifice his own lab." Robin remarked.
"This Caesar takes things way too far." Brook agreed.
"We're safe for now." Usopp noted. "But we can't let our guard down.
"We must find the children quickly and then head for Tower R, Door 66." Nami agreed.
"Then we gotta escape from this disgusting lab." Sanji added.
"Sanji flew into a rage and ran off." Usopp blinked, after the blond cook took off on his own.
"Probably because he also sensed that unknown presence." Zoro concluded.
"More likely, his 'Damsel in Distress' senses went off." Sasha snorted, already used to the chivalrous antics of the cook.
"Something's coming." Robin was alerted.
"That's..." Usopp gaped at the green dragon flying in behind them.
"That's the dragon from earlier." Brook realized.
"No, he looks a little different." Nami corrected. "His eyes..."
"I knew the sedatives would wear off." Brownbeard realized what had happened. "He's always been a ferocious creature. You can't control him without sedatives. And the smaller they are, the more recently they were hatched. We have to get out of here." he reasoned, the burst of fire that shot from the dragon's mouth nearing hitting them.
SailorStar9: Any OOC-nes is regretted. *Sighs* Don't you just hate plot bunnies sometimes? Reviews are much appreciated.
